This week has been a lot of fun, and I
definitely had fun, but it
wasn't without its struggles. I realized that I had been feeling like
I didn't do enough in Kurashiki, and yes I know I had a broken hand,
but I felt like I could've done more. But the amazing atonement, or
our lord Jesus Christ, helped me to feel comforted, and know that I
did what he expected of me, even if I wish I could've done more. And
that has brought a lot of peace to me. Makes me want to work even
harder.
Monday we went to kiyomizudera, which was a lot of fun, and I got to
see my old companion Oswald Shimai! That was so weird, but it was
great. That night we went housing, and then had to take some things to
the elders for them to take to Kobe, and while we waited for them, we
called an old investigator, and she wanted to meet, so we did, and it
was great. We met her on Tuesday.
Tuesday we used some of the byu students, who are doing a study abroad
in Japan at the moment, as dosekis for our lesson with the old
investigator. She is Chinese, and some of them spoke Chinese, and we
couldn't get a normal member, so that worked out really well. But as
soon as the girl and her friend, whom she brought with, found out they
spoke Chinese, it was all Chinese. I do not speak Chinese. It sounds
kind of musical, but I do not understand how the two languages
connect, but the kanji is all the same, so if I ever go to China, all
I will need to know is the kanji, and I know most of that. That night
we went and visited the kubotas, and it is so cool to see how much
their faith is growing, they just need to start acting on it. When I
first visited them with Lowry Shimai, the figured getting a temple
inside the mission was impossible, but now they are hoping to make my
are into a stake. It is amazing to see their faith in the
missionaries, and in the church and themselves grow. It made me
realize that Shimogamo is completely different in so many ways than
when I first got here, and the members are going crazy for dendo.
Wednesday we tried to visit some old investigators and succeeded, and
it was great. We also not finding, and had a lot of fun. It wasn't a
very crazy day, but it was the middle of golden week, and everyone was
touring, and didn't really want to talk with us. Golden week is the
first week of May, and it is a huge holiday, everyone gets it off, and
they go places, and just have a huge holiday. The part time jobs are
pretty much the only people who don't get it all off, so it wasn't the
best week for dendo, but we still had a lot of fun.
Thursday we had a kokan, so we got up early and went to fushimi, and
then had a great day. They had a lot of appointments, and we rode up a
few mountains, but it was so great. I felt like I was 100% trusted by
my stl, despite the fact we didn't have a chance to prepare at all,
besides which lesson we were going to teach. It was so awesome. They
also had a concert at their church, which we attended, to support the
members and what not. It was way awkward, because not all of the music
was church appropriate, but we needed to be there, their investigator
was there, and didn't know anyone else. Luckily it was almost all in
Japanese, so I couldn't understand anyway. But I definitely had a lot
of fun on that kokan with Edwards Shimai, and learned a lot from her.
Friday we had ztm. The stls had to go to the other zone they are over,
so we had to get up extra extra early, so we were definitely tired
that day, but it was fun. Ztm was so inspired. I felt like the
messages were meant for me, and it really taught me some hard, but
good lessons that I needed to learn. The APs also came to our ztm, and
it was fun to hear their thoughts as well. After ztm, we had SKK, and
really thought a lot about our investigators. We had the friends home
family home evening that night as well, and the Chinese girl came, and
brought a new friend, who had some questions. Her friends are always
more interested than she is, but that is great.
Saturday we had a doseki lesson with Kubota Shimai and Miyu. It was so
good. We reviewed the restoration, and answered some of her questions.
Miyu was studying with missionaries in uwajima, and had a baptism
date, but since she has moved, we have learned about some concerns she
has had, that she didn't feel like she could share with the elders,
and so we are really able to help her overcome those, and prepare for
baptism, because she still wants to be baptized, she just wants to be
ready. We also finished SKK, and had ping pong night. At first there
was no one, but people turned up, and it became a great night. Members
were there finally taking down the tree and the oxen they made for the
family history fair, and they had a great time destroying those
things, I wish I had taken a video.
Sunday our plans completely fell through, so we visited a member,
which turned out great, shared a good message about parenting, since
they are expecting a little girl this month. And then we totsuzen
visited a couple of investigators we haven't been able to see for a
long time. Including Kanako, she had just gotten home from work, and
was super tired, but we got to talk to her for a little bit, and she
was happy to see us. She really wants to come to church again, and
wants to learn, but she doesn't get any days off at her new job, she
didn't even get much of golden week off, which was way sad. But we got
to see her, and she was so happy to see us!
That was basically my week! It was so much fun to talk to all of you
that I could, and I love all of you! Love and miss you!
Love, Sister Makin
wasn't without its struggles. I realized that I had been feeling like
I didn't do enough in Kurashiki, and yes I know I had a broken hand,
but I felt like I could've done more. But the amazing atonement, or
our lord Jesus Christ, helped me to feel comforted, and know that I
did what he expected of me, even if I wish I could've done more. And
that has brought a lot of peace to me. Makes me want to work even
harder.
Monday we went to kiyomizudera, which was a lot of fun, and I got to
see my old companion Oswald Shimai! That was so weird, but it was
great. That night we went housing, and then had to take some things to
the elders for them to take to Kobe, and while we waited for them, we
called an old investigator, and she wanted to meet, so we did, and it
was great. We met her on Tuesday.
Tuesday we used some of the byu students, who are doing a study abroad
in Japan at the moment, as dosekis for our lesson with the old
investigator. She is Chinese, and some of them spoke Chinese, and we
couldn't get a normal member, so that worked out really well. But as
soon as the girl and her friend, whom she brought with, found out they
spoke Chinese, it was all Chinese. I do not speak Chinese. It sounds
kind of musical, but I do not understand how the two languages
connect, but the kanji is all the same, so if I ever go to China, all
I will need to know is the kanji, and I know most of that. That night
we went and visited the kubotas, and it is so cool to see how much
their faith is growing, they just need to start acting on it. When I
first visited them with Lowry Shimai, the figured getting a temple
inside the mission was impossible, but now they are hoping to make my
are into a stake. It is amazing to see their faith in the
missionaries, and in the church and themselves grow. It made me
realize that Shimogamo is completely different in so many ways than
when I first got here, and the members are going crazy for dendo.
Wednesday we tried to visit some old investigators and succeeded, and
it was great. We also not finding, and had a lot of fun. It wasn't a
very crazy day, but it was the middle of golden week, and everyone was
touring, and didn't really want to talk with us. Golden week is the
first week of May, and it is a huge holiday, everyone gets it off, and
they go places, and just have a huge holiday. The part time jobs are
pretty much the only people who don't get it all off, so it wasn't the
best week for dendo, but we still had a lot of fun.
Thursday we had a kokan, so we got up early and went to fushimi, and
then had a great day. They had a lot of appointments, and we rode up a
few mountains, but it was so great. I felt like I was 100% trusted by
my stl, despite the fact we didn't have a chance to prepare at all,
besides which lesson we were going to teach. It was so awesome. They
also had a concert at their church, which we attended, to support the
members and what not. It was way awkward, because not all of the music
was church appropriate, but we needed to be there, their investigator
was there, and didn't know anyone else. Luckily it was almost all in
Japanese, so I couldn't understand anyway. But I definitely had a lot
of fun on that kokan with Edwards Shimai, and learned a lot from her.
Friday we had ztm. The stls had to go to the other zone they are over,
so we had to get up extra extra early, so we were definitely tired
that day, but it was fun. Ztm was so inspired. I felt like the
messages were meant for me, and it really taught me some hard, but
good lessons that I needed to learn. The APs also came to our ztm, and
it was fun to hear their thoughts as well. After ztm, we had SKK, and
really thought a lot about our investigators. We had the friends home
family home evening that night as well, and the Chinese girl came, and
brought a new friend, who had some questions. Her friends are always
more interested than she is, but that is great.
Saturday we had a doseki lesson with Kubota Shimai and Miyu. It was so
good. We reviewed the restoration, and answered some of her questions.
Miyu was studying with missionaries in uwajima, and had a baptism
date, but since she has moved, we have learned about some concerns she
has had, that she didn't feel like she could share with the elders,
and so we are really able to help her overcome those, and prepare for
baptism, because she still wants to be baptized, she just wants to be
ready. We also finished SKK, and had ping pong night. At first there
was no one, but people turned up, and it became a great night. Members
were there finally taking down the tree and the oxen they made for the
family history fair, and they had a great time destroying those
things, I wish I had taken a video.
Sunday our plans completely fell through, so we visited a member,
which turned out great, shared a good message about parenting, since
they are expecting a little girl this month. And then we totsuzen
visited a couple of investigators we haven't been able to see for a
long time. Including Kanako, she had just gotten home from work, and
was super tired, but we got to talk to her for a little bit, and she
was happy to see us. She really wants to come to church again, and
wants to learn, but she doesn't get any days off at her new job, she
didn't even get much of golden week off, which was way sad. But we got
to see her, and she was so happy to see us!
That was basically my week! It was so much fun to talk to all of you
that I could, and I love all of you! Love and miss you!
Love, Sister Makin
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